Budkowski replaces Lowdon as Cadillac F1 team principal

LONDON, Aug 12 : Formula One newcomers Cadillac replaced their team boss after half a season on Wednesday with Marcin Budkowski replacing Graeme Lowdon with immediate effect in what they presented as a planned move.Budkowski, a 49-year-old Polish-French engineer, has held positions at a number of teams including Ferrari and McLaren as well as the governing FIA. Briton Lowdon, 61, had led General Motors-backed Cadillac from 2024 through the process of becoming the sport's 11th team, hiring personnel and seeing the cars line up on the starting grid in Melbourne for the first time last March.Cadillac, not unexpectedly, are the only team yet to score a point in 11 rounds this season although they have performed better than Aston Martin for much of the time with experienced drivers Sergio Perez